Material Empire

Not to mention Cui Hongchun, even Brownlee, the secretary-general of the expo, was quite helpless about this scene at the exhibition. The table I worked so hard to build turned out to be a place where people sell thermal sprayers. The group of people running around at the venue has nothing to do with agriculture. Does this count as usurping the host's role?

Of course, this thought just flashed through Brownlee's mind. In any case, he should be very happy that the exposition can have such a climax. Many people who appeared at the venue today could not be invited by Brownlee in the past, and they never paid attention to such an agricultural machinery exhibition. Now, these people have all come to the venue. Although they are only concerned about a strange thing called thermal spraying machine, it does not prevent Brownlee from mentioning today's glory in various publicity in the future. How dare you say that we are not high-end, even a big guy like XX made a special trip to Sao Paulo to see our exhibition?

The lively scene at the Chinese booth lasted from the morning to the closing of the exhibition in the afternoon. Qin Hai and his partners were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat, so they could only stuff a piece of bread into their mouths out of the cold, and had to communicate with customers while chewing. Anyway, everyone knows that they did this because they were busy, and it is not considered rude.

After finally surviving until the crowd dispersed, and sitting on the bus back to the hotel, Qin Hai felt that he had only breathed out but not breathed in. The two little girls, Tranquility and Qin Shan, were sitting in the next row of seats, their eyes were almost closed, and it was very rare that they were not chattering or gossiping. As for Leng Yuming and Liu Shuo, they were all in the same condition, basically exhausted to the point of collapse.

The people on Qin Hai's side are lucky to say that they are all busy with their own affairs after all, and they are happy when they are tired. The translators who borrowed from the embassy looked a little ugly. In the past, when the embassy held publicity activities like China Day in the local area, it was quite tiring, but this time the work intensity was obviously beyond their imagination. There is no mention of the professional quality of diplomats. Although they are dissatisfied at work, they will not show it. Now that the work is over, everyone starts to complain.

There were two translators sitting behind Qin Hai, one of them surnamed Yu muttered to his companion deliberately in a volume that Qin Hai could hear: I always thought that we were dedicated enough to do diplomatic work, good guy, now we are Knowing that domestic comrades are more dedicated to their work, with this drive, the four modernizations may not be realized until the end of this century, right?

Not only is it dedicated, the domestic comrades are also very frugal. With such a high workload, I didn't bring an interpreter, because I know that it is convenient for people from our embassy to use it. Another interpreter surnamed Meng also understood. cavity.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Meng, don't talk like that, don't the comrades from China never rest? An older diplomat sitting beside him quietly stopped their complaints. This person was surnamed Guo , is a second-class interpreter, this time the embassy sent him to be the person in charge of these interpreters.

Yu translated: Secretary Guo, is it because we didn't communicate well beforehand? If we knew that the scene was so tense, we should have asked the ambassador to send us a few more people.

Yeah, my throat was on fire this day. If it's still like this tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore. Translator Meng said in a hoarse voice.

Yes, if it's still like this tomorrow, it's best to ask them to hire a few people to help... They have made money selling equipment, so they can still afford to hire a few translators in Sao Paulo? The other translators also booed.

Qin Hai pretended not to hear the comments of the translators. When he got off the bus at the hotel, he still nodded to the translators and politely said words of thanks. Of course, everyone was very disdainful of his behavior, and most of them nodded coldly and walked away.

After dinner, Qin Hai walked around the front desk of the hotel, and then knocked on Secretary Guo's door.

Comrade Qin? What's the matter? Secretary Guo opened the door and asked in surprise when he saw Qin Hai knocking on the door.

It's a little thing, I want to talk to Secretary Guo. Qin Hai smiled.

Oh, come in and talk. Secretary Guo led Qin Hai into the room, sat down on the sofa, and said lightly. There was no closeness on his face. To be honest, he also felt that the people in the country were too rude to do things. How could they use them so harshly. However, he is a small leader after all, and if he has complaints in his heart, he will only go back and complain to his own leader, and will not say it in front of Cui Hongchun, Qin Hai and others.

Qin Haidao: Secretary Guo, thanks to the help of the comrades in your embassy today, otherwise we would really not be able to cope.

This is what we should do, you are welcome. Secretary Guo replied.

Qin Haidao: We didn't think carefully about this matter. We didn't expect so many customers to come to consult at the same time, but everyone was exhausted. I am very moved by everyone's professionalism. If I thank you, I won't say much. Having said that, let’s wait for Minister Cui to tell Counselor Tian. I invited Secretary Guo out because our unit has a little idea to pass on to all comrades, please pass it on to Secretary Guo.”

Having said that, he took a large envelope with the hotel logo on it from his pocket and put it on the coffee table in front of Secretary Guo.

What does this mean? Secretary Guo felt a little surprised. He pointed at the envelope and waited for Qin Hai to explain.

Qin Hai smiled and said: If we were in China, you have helped us so much, we should treat you to a good meal anyway, and give you some souvenirs to show our hearts. But this is Brazil, we My eyes were darkened, and I didn’t know where to go to invite everyone to dinner. I just went to the front desk to ask, and I knew that they sold a kind of consumer coupons that are common in Brazil, so I bought a few and gave them to you. It's like I've invited you to dinner.

Consumption coupon! Secretary Guo's eyes widened. Of course he knows what a consumer voucher is. This is a voucher jointly issued by many commercial enterprises. With this voucher, it can be consumed in various chain commercial institutions. In other words, this thing is equivalent to money, but the gift voucher But it is much more elegant than sending money directly.

There are restaurants in the chain that issued the coupons, so it makes sense for Qin Hai to say that he is inviting everyone to dinner. The key point is that everyone will be reluctant to use it for a big meal when they get this kind of coupon. You must know that there are department stores in the chain, and diplomats who have always been frugal will definitely use it to buy various foreign products.

Comrade Qin, this is inappropriate and we cannot accept it. Secretary Guo quickly pushed the envelope back.

Is Secretary Guo looking down on us? Qin Hai asked seriously.

No, we are disciplined and cannot accept gifts from foreign guests privately. Secretary Guo explained with some embarrassment. This was the first time he encountered such a thing, and he really didn't know how to refuse it.

Qin Hai put on a pure look and said, Secretary Guo, we are not foreign guests.

Uh...it doesn't seem to work either. Secretary Guo was speechless. The embassy's discipline seemed to only restrict them from accepting gifts from foreign guests, but did not say whether they could accept gifts from domestic personnel. The problem is that people from China are generally the leaders of government agencies, and they all have their eyes high above their heads. How could they give gifts to diplomats like them.

Qin Hai pushed the envelope forward again, and said, Secretary Guo, this is not a gift, it's just a treat for everyone. If Secretary Guo insists on refusing, then I have to send someone to Sao Paulo tomorrow to find out. , what kind of restaurant is more upscale, and then we will book a table and invite everyone to the banquet. But, you also know that our schedule is very tight and we have a lot of work, how can we have such free time?

Actually...you don't need to eat. Secretary Guo said falteringly, Comrade Qin, everyone complained a little in the car today, so don't take it to heart. As for these consumption coupons, you... you'd better take them back and refund them. Alright.

The front desk of the hotel has said that once the coupons are sold, they will not be refunded or exchanged. If you don't accept them, I can only give them to Ruttenberg. Besides, I didn't do this because of everyone's opinions. You have worked so hard , wouldn’t it be too heartless for us as an enterprise to show nothing?” Qin Hai was eloquent and desperately doing Secretary Guo’s work.

Secretary Guo was really inexperienced in this area, so after asking Qin Hai to talk for a while, he finally accepted the voucher with half push and half push. As soon as Qin Hai left, he quickly called the translators to his room, and told everyone about Qin Hai's intention to come.

This Qin Hai wants to give us consumption coupons? Yu Translator scratched his head, unable to believe it for a long time.

Yeah, I don't think it's suitable, but... I can't hold him back. Secretary Guo said, Why don't you make an idea, if you don't think it should be accepted, I'll return it to him.

Everyone looked at each other, and for a while, Meng Translator said, I think... this is also the intention of the company. We are determined not to accept it, and it is not appropriate. Everyone has worked all day today, and you should know that the kind of hot food they sell One spraying machine costs 2.2 million US dollars, so the profit must be 100,000 US dollars, right? We have worked so hard, and it is not too much to get a little reward, right?

Yu translated: Xiao Meng is right. Didn't Secretary Guo say that what Qin Hai meant was equivalent to inviting us to dinner. Everyone really thinks it's inappropriate. After returning to Brasília, they will put together these coupons. Wouldn’t it be enough to invite all the people in the embassy to have a meal together?”

That's the reason. Another translator echoed, There are 6 of us in total. I estimate that each person has at least 50 US dollars. Add up to 300 US dollars, which is enough for a good meal.

Haha, let's welcome a few more delegations like this, at least there will be enough money for the usual dental festival. Everyone laughed together.

The update in September was not good enough, and I didn't dare to ask for a monthly pass at the end of the month. In October, Chengzi realized her shame and was brave, and planned to fight for a monthly pass. This month is also the final of the Dream Cup, and the top 15 books of the monthly ticket will naturally enter the list. Are you willing to support Orange?

From today to the 7th, it will be a double monthly pass, everyone cheer for Orange.